Epidermal growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor and progesterone promote placental development in rat whole-embryo culture

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-139

  Jojović, Milan ^a   Wolf, Friedrich ^a   Mangold, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Embryo culture; Growth factors; Placenta; Postimplantation rat embryo

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; MALE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031821676     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050171     Document Type: Article

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